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Friday, April 4. 2014

Completely Surreal Photos Of America’s Abandoned Malls

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Good riddance. I hate malls. I hate Disneyworld too, and lots of other tacky things. Virtual realities.


Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 11:27 | Comments (13) | Trackbacks (0)

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What's wrong w/ Disneyworld?

Seems like it's an amazing place.

These malls would be cool for paintball or laser tag.
#1 DrTorch on 2014-04-04 12:06 (Reply)
I never, ever go to malls. That is I didn't until last summer, when we had a Swiss girl living with us for the summer on a summer program. She had never gone to a mall before (I guess malls are uncommon in Switzerland) and she loved it. Air conditioning. Lots of stores and lots of kids her age. So we went along several times just to make sure she was safe. I still hate malls.
#2 MTF on 2014-04-04 13:08 (Reply)
There are hardly any malls in Europe, not in the sense of one massive building with dozens or hundreds of stores in them.

I've seen a few in Spain, but not in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Austria, the UK, or France.

What does exist of course is very large stores that have a few smaller stores clustered around them, usually part of the same conglomerate.
#2.1 J.T. Wenting on 2014-04-04 14:20 (Reply)
I agree...Disneyworld blow. Disneyland is where you want to go. Everything is much closer together, so you don't have to walk as far. Also, you can easily stay outside of Disneyland and save tons of $$. There are many good motels/hotels within walking distance and restaurants, too. No need to pay the exorbitant Disney prices for everything.

Every kid should go to Disneyland at least once. We had a blast last summer and all of our kids were teens. It is much better run and much cleaner than any other amusement park in the U.S. Worth the extra cost.
#3 MissT on 2014-04-04 14:22 (Reply)
There is so much MORE at Disney World. You can still stay off property just like Disney Land and Disney World has free transportation where ever you want to go.

I like to stay on property. Once I get on the Magical express bus from the airport I am on vacation. Once you are on Disney property you don't have to worry about anything. Disney World really is a World unto itself. Also in Disney Land you don't get EPCOT, my favorite! Love to tour the countries.
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#4 Megalis 20 Made In India (Link) on 2014-04-04 14:37 (Reply)
I hate malls too. So depressing.
The very idea of either Disney joint is blood curdling. Ew.
#5 pbird on 2014-04-04 15:20 (Reply)
There are those of us who don't live near such malls, and have no animus toward them. Malls can be convenient.
#6 Sam L. on 2014-04-04 19:15 (Reply)
I'm working in China and I LOVE the big malls here. There's a mall that's a 15 minute walk from my house with nice restaurants, friendly workers and shop owners, and a great gym with a half-olympic sized pool. It's just different here.
#7 M@rk on 2014-04-04 19:31 (Reply)
As usual, the big picture eludes most of you. Those deserted malls are the perfect place to hide out and hole up when the zombie apocalypse comes. Plenty of space for supplies, just nail up and secure the entrances.
#8 W. C. Taqiyya on 2014-04-04 20:31 (Reply)
How are those plants staying watered?
#9 Doug P on 2014-04-04 23:49 (Reply)
Lord Shiva thy name is Amazon.
#10 Ralph of New London (Link) on 2014-04-05 00:57 (Reply)
I agree about Disneyworld. It's centrifugal bumblepuppy writ large, a sanitized fantasy for the masses who lack the impetus to go out and have their own travels and adventures.

MC
#11 mostly cajun (Link) on 2014-04-05 10:07 (Reply)

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